Using KidBiz 3000

Kidbiz3000.com

Students started using ipads this week.  Kidbiz3000 is a reading program used at Tok School to improve a student's reading level.
Students in third grade started by taking an assessment to find the lexile level of each student.  This program can be accessed at home with the student's user name and password.  Articles on Kidbiz3000 are non-fiction news articles at your child's reading level.  Here's what the creators of the program have to say:

KidBiz3000® is the powerful, proven, differentiated online literacy instruction solution for grades 2-5 that reaches every student at his or her Lexile®/reading level. It's the only solution that delivers truly differentiated reading and writing assignments — using high-quality, non-fiction content based on each student's reading level - and that automatically adapts content via ongoing, real-time Lexile assessment.

It uses a Five-Step Literacy Routine that helps students acquire knowledge from informational text, develop strong content knowledge, use higher-order thinking skills, make reading strategies automatic, and understand that information influences opinions and opinions must be validated with evidence.